⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers👉Group Stage👉1/8

[Liliana1304]

If you refer to these statistics, Croatia has no chance of beating Italy, but it is very possible that the situation will be different because usually in crucial matches there is high tension and the desire to achieve the target is very big. I wouldn't eliminate Croatia too quickly and I still have confidence they will make things difficult for the Azzurri. While Italy only needs one additional point to ensure they qualify for the knockout phase, Spalletti's troops must be wary of Croatia's threat.

While I won't call that the best of performances from Italy, they tried to achieve one thing; which is sharing of points. We've seen dying minutes heart breaks in this tournament, and Croatia got theirs yesterday in the form of a 90+8 Zaccagni goal which was handed to him by Calafiori, the same player that gifted Spain their sole win when the two sides met. I guess we can say he has made up for his mistakes.

Croatia will be dependent on the performance of England against Slovenia as whatever the outcome will be determines if they get to play in the next round or if they will be removed.

[Arenga pinnata]

I had predicted a 1-0 victory for Croatia and thought my prediction would come true, but it didn't.

You were very close to being right, just a matter of seconds. Assuming this came through, I would have become scared of you. Many people, including myself, expected Italy to win the match, so it was surprising to see them getting a draw by what seems like luck. The had everything to their advantage but in the game of football, anything is possible.

I understand that those who bet on Croatia are because Croatia could make an extraordinary comeback in that match. And yeah it almost happened. But personally, in this match, I chose Italy as a favorite. And yes, I was quite disappointed with Italy in that match who couldn't do much. Although in the first half Italy also almost scored several times. But I have to admit that Croatia's goalkeeper was quite extraordinary in that match. Livakovic made some good saves and he was able to read the direction of the ball very well. But in the end those of us who bet on Italy also lost. Because unexpectedly the result was a draw.

[Gallar]

The Croatia vs. Italy match was a real drama. It seemed like Italy wouldn't be able to do anything, but suddenly they scored the crucial goal and advanced to the Round of 16. Watching Luka Modric was especially interesting. He was so nervous for his team that he was chewing on his jersey.

I think the referees added too much extra time, a whole 8 minutes. I didn't keep track, but it seemed to me that there weren't that many stoppages in the match. Nevertheless, it was the 8th minute of added time that saved Italy.

I had predicted a 1-0 victory for Croatia and thought my prediction would come true, but it didn't.

In this match after 90 minutes have passed, I think the position will not change and Croatia will win the match. However, in the added minute Italy was able to equalize through Zaccagni's curling kick. So the match ended in a draw. In this way, Modric and his teammates must be very tense because the fate of their team is determined by the match between other teams who are both fighting for the 3rd best position.

Currently Croatia is in 5th position out of 6 teams that are ranked 3rd. So Croatia's hopes of advancing to the round of 16 will definitely be a little difficult in this phase. Because in essence, the condition for Croatia to qualify for the round of 16 is that Slovenia must lose its match against England and of course it must lose by a fairly large score. Apart from that, the Czechs also had to lose to Turkey. If this scheme can run smoothly, Croatia is certain to be able to qualify for the round of 16.

And if you look at the opponents that Slovenia and the Czechs face, I think these two teams will lose. Because England is currently at the top of Group C and has not been defeated by any team. So you can be sure that Slovenia will most likely lose to England. Apart from that, the Czechs will also most likely lose to Turkey, because so far Turkey's performance can also be said to be very good.

However, this is just a prediction, considering that Slovenia and the Czechs also definitely want to enter the round of 16, so they will fight tooth and nail to win their final match.
But in essence, even though it is a bit complicated and difficult, Croatia still has hope of getting into the last 16.

[Nheer]

I hope you watched the Croatia - Italy match. It was a good match.
Italy scored a beautiful goal in the last minute at 90+8, it was truly incredible.
I didn't think the Italians would score, but they did and advanced to the next round.

Was a very dramatic game i feel sorry for Modric and Croatia for working so hard and losing at the very end when they all thought it was over. The match was an intense one but i feel Italy are not doing well so in this competition their performance has not been convincing enough, they struggled against Albania and just managed a win, lost to Spain and still struggled against Croatia and were able to draw at stoppage time. They are just lucky to still be in this competition and if they don’t up their game they will be eliminated early in the knockout phase.

I think the referees added too much extra time, a whole 8 minutes. I didn't keep track, but it seemed to me that there weren't that many stoppages in the match. Nevertheless, it was the 8th minute of added time that saved Italy.

I had predicted a 1-0 victory for Croatia and thought my prediction would come true, but it didn't.

Hard luck guy. That’s how football is sometimes, it can be very dramatic but we don’t havve to blame the referee for giving them too much extra time i am sure he has his reasons for giving 8 minutes it’s just unfortunate that it didn’t go in favor of Croatia.

It's not possible that Netherlands is eliminated in the group stage. They have already qualified for the knockout stage.
Even if Netherlands loses the match against Austria and finishes third in the group, they will surely advance to the next round. They have 4 points and that's enough to be one the 4 best third-placed teams.

It’s too early to make such predictions because nothing is impossible. They have the advantage already with 4 points but losing can be costly. I went through the standings and saw some teams already with some points that if they end up winning their final game they could go level Netherlands 4 points and might progress with tie breaker.

To be on the safest side they just have to go for the win and free themselves of all the dramas of this competition.

[Unsoldier]

France today will play against Poland and of course in my opinion this match is certainly an exciting match because of course in this match we will see the ability of Mbappe and his friends to fight to the maximum to reach 1st place in group D. But I want to ask you all whether France will win against Poland or not? but according to my predictions, France will have great potential to win against Poland, but of course the match will be fiercely competitive because of course Poland will not be easy to beat because of course every team will fight to the maximum.
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Poland is the first team at the tournament to lose their chances of making the playoffs. This team showed terrible soccer at Euro-24. So the favorite of this match for me is obvious - it's France and they will do everything to win in order to take the first place in the group. For the first two rounds the French have not shown their full power, but I think the French will show in today's match against the Poles what they are capable of. My prediction is a win for France.

[Jatiluhung]

For now, it seems that only Italy has been confirmed to face Switzerland in the round of 16. Meanwhile, other teams such as Germany, Spain and Portugal are still waiting for the results of the matches that will continue today and tomorrow.

Today I might be more curious about England's match against Slovenia. I'm just curious whether England will improve in today's match. Because we know that England played below their maximum performance. because they have so many star players in their squad but their game doesn't show it. And I now hope that England shows a beautiful game against Slovenia. But if England also finds it difficult to play against Slovenia then I probably won't have much hope for England in the round of 16.

[hosseinimr93]

It’s too early to make such predictions because nothing is impossible. They have the advantage already with 4 points but losing can be costly. I went through the standings and saw some teams already with some points that if they end up winning their final game they could go level Netherlands 4 points and might progress with tie breaker.

I didn't make a prediction. I talked about a simple math and how it proves that Netherlands has already qualified for the next round. As I said, whatever happens, Netherlands will advance to the knockout stage.
Netherlands has 4 points and even if they finish third, they will be one the 4 best third-placed teams. Take note that all matches of groups A and B have ended and whatever happens, Netherlands will have higher points than the third-placed teams of those groups.

[Lannakosa]

Poland is the first team at the tournament to lose their chances of making the playoffs. This team showed terrible soccer at Euro-24. So the favorite of this match for me is obvious - it's France and they will do everything to win in order to take the first place in the group. For the first two rounds the French have not shown their full power, but I think the French will show in today's match against the Poles what they are capable of. My prediction is a win for France.

Poland has a very weak defense, and it will be very difficult for them against France, but France scored only 1 goal in two matches, which is also not similar to the result that we are used to seeing before. Poland will try to get at least one point, so no one will want to return home with zero, but it will be very difficult to withstand France in this state. The odds for France to win are very small, so you can think about TO. Austria is unlikely to be able to beat the Netherlands, so in this group, as expected, the Netherlands and France most likly will go further.

[tokeweed]

I haven't been watching the Euros closely this year but just from first glance, I have a hunch that Portugal and England could make it far up to at least the semis...  Dunno but I feel like Gareth Southgate and Roberto Martinez are the lucky ones.  I fancy them to go to the final if their paths don't meet in the Round of 16, quarter finals or the semi finals.

And for the lulz, made a small net on a 4 leg parlay with England, France, Belgium and Portugal at 3.79. 

[Oluwa-btc]

For now, it seems that only Italy has been confirmed to face Switzerland in the round of 16. Meanwhile, other teams such as Germany, Spain and Portugal are still waiting for the results of the matches that will continue today and tomorrow.

Today I might be more curious about England's match against Slovenia. I'm just curious whether England will improve in today's match. Because we know that England played below their maximum performance. because they have so many star players in their squad but their game doesn't show it. And I now hope that England shows a beautiful game against Slovenia. But if England also finds it difficult to play against Slovenia then I probably won't have much hope for England in the round of 16.

Shout out to the Spanish national team, as they was able to complete a hundred percent start from the group stage. In between, they was also able to keep three straight clean sheets which should also be the first time they have done so in this European Competition. That lone goal from F. Torres was enough to seal them nine.

Some late trails from Chelsea loaned Broja but his efforts wasn't enough to get them sharing the spoils last night. Most disappointing should be Luka Modric as he wasn't able to see himself qualify for the next stage of the Competition.

Too many concerns has been raised about the England National Team. I don't have enough to say because I don't rate the coach, so I don't se him lining up a solid first eleven. They might go through this group stage but what happens when they meet other better countries in the next round? Gareth Southgate svcks truthfully.

[Helena Yu]

Poland has a very weak defense, and it will be very difficult for them against France, but France scored only 1 goal in two matches, which is also not similar to the result that we are used to seeing before. Poland will try to get at least one point, so no one will want to return home with zero, but it will be very difficult to withstand France in this state. The odds for France to win are very small, so you can think about TO.

France will beat Poland because there's no reason for Poland to win, they already know almost impossible can qualify to the next round, all of them crying when they lose against Austria.

And for the lulz, made a small net on a 4 leg parlay with England, France, Belgium and Portugal at 3.79. 

Although they're strong, but they might make you upset especially England and Portugal, they already in safe zone, so they might likely play without motivation and they might lose or draw. But, I hope I'm wrong because I want to see you win.

[JeffBrad12]

I would say Croatia were unlucky in this match. Otherwise the team would have been able to win the match. Overall gameplay in this match was very good from both teams. Although Croatia's players attacked less, Croatia's match strategy was very good. Croatia's attacks were very sharp.

Croatia kept their defense tight after Modrich scored in the 55th minute of the second half. Italy's players could not break down Croatia's defense despite attacking a lot. But Croatia conceded a goal in the very last moment of the match. Mattia Zaccagni scored from Calafiori's pass at 90+8 minutes. And the match was drawn 1-1. Modrich's luck was really bad.

Saying unlucky in two matches is not enough to be a valid reason. There will be discussions like why the referee gave this match 8 extra minutes but Italy tried till very last to finalize the match result as a draw and control their second position. Croatia have reasons to feel regretful and painful because if they can avoid only one of two late equalizing goals from either Albania or Italy, they would have 4 points and have better chance in race with other third-positioned teams.

I felt something wrong when Modric took the penalty because he did not shot well at that spot. I am impressed on how Modric quickly corrected his mistake and scored an important goal for Croatia but now, it won't mean anything for him and Croatia in Euro 2024.

I also think when Croatia conceded a goal in the final minute it wasn't because they were unlucky but, that is proof that Italy is indeed a team with a winning mentality, because in an unfortunate situation and they didn't have much time left, Italy was still able to maintain their composure until in the end their efforts and persistence produced adorable results.

No, buddy. It was pure skill from Italy's players; the goal was not caused by a deflected ball, but by Calafiori, who had been initiating the buildup from the bottom; and, once again, it was not right to call Italy a fortunate club in that game. The goal was unlikely if Calafiori had not gambled on going up alone and then sending an assist to Zaccagni, saving Italy from losing second place. 

I think before the game started, Croatia had enough pressure to get the win because that was the only way for them to qualify for the next round. When they seemed to be able to make it happen, Croatia instead looked nervous and couldn't keep their composure.

Croatia has no problem with the pressures came from italy ,but it's modric's failure to execute the penalty has become a reason why croatia was not winning the game.

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So in the end Italy managed to gain the access to the final stage and Croatia still has a very small chance to gain the access to.
It will be almost impossible for them.

I don't think Italy will have many shots in their arsenal, the team looks very weak.

[Salahmu]

Poland is the first team at the tournament to lose their chances of making the playoffs. This team showed terrible soccer at Euro-24. So the favorite of this match for me is obvious - it's France and they will do everything to win in order to take the first place in the group. For the first two rounds the French have not shown their full power, but I think the French will show in today's match against the Poles what they are capable of. My prediction is a win for France.

Poland is the smallest team on their group D because out of the two matches they have played they could not be able to win or draw any of them especially their last meeting with Australia though I not that Australia has a very strong team but if Poland was very consistent on that match they would have actually hold Australia to a draw because after Australia score the first goal it was as if Poland regain themselves abit and they started putting more efforts and before the end of the first half they has already equalize, so perhaps imagine if they had still maintain that consistency they had on the first half they would have hardly conceive the goal they did but however the penalty was actually one of the reasons why their performance became weaker.

So perhaps their match against France is certainly not going to end on the favour of Poland because France is a very strong team comprises of very experience players, so is obvious this match will end with a lot of goals because Poland does not have what it takes to challenge France and for the group B France is the best team so perhaps if others will score Poland the kind of goals they did of course France will actually do more than them.

[Oluwa-btc]

I haven't been watching the Euros closely this year but just from first glance, I have a hunch that Portugal and England could make it far up to at least the semis...  Dunno but I feel like Gareth Southgate and Roberto Martinez are the lucky ones.  I fancy them to go to the final if their paths don't meet in the Round of 16, quarter finals or the semi finals.

And for the lulz, made a small net on a 4 leg parlay with England, France, Belgium and Portugal at 3.79. 

England? That's laughable. How about Germany, Spain, Dutch Side and lastly France? I can agree for Portugal but I don't think they have a good coach who can also lead them to win this Competition.
Rating English is mad man, you can only do so when Gareth Southgate decides and selects a strong midfied because all of these charades he's been doing will honestly takr him nowhere.

My first pick right now remains Germany, and then, Dutch national side. I saw that Koeman was amongst the list of players that won the Euros years back when Germany hosted such European Competition.

I consider the Dutch side a better option than England honestly.

[Gencecikmen]

Last night, I prefered to watch the Spain-Albania match, but my attention was constantly drawn to the Italy-Croatia match on my second screen. Particularly in the final minutes of the game, I was fully engrossed in the Croatia-Italy match, as those moments were filled with excitement. Although the first half ended goalless, Croatia took the lead in the second half with a goal from Luka Modric. However, Italy managed to equalize the score with Mattia Zaccagni’s goal in extra time, securing their spot in the last 16 rounds. Notably, Luka Modric’s goal made him the oldest player to score in the history of the tournament. Unfortunately for Croatia, this result meant they bid farewell to EURO 2024.

[Ojinga]

So in the end Italy managed to gain the access to the final stage and Croatia still has a very small chance to gain the access to.
It will be almost impossible for them.

I don't think Italy will have many shots in their arsenal, the team looks very weak.

with what I see Italy are not weak but trying to get back their grand, you know when you meet a team that you've heard about and you're playing against the team. It'll look as if the other team are weak but they're not but just being afraid, so Italy are fully ready to have many shots as ever in their arsenal.

[bastisisca]

What a drama there was in the Croatia - Italy match. Thanks to the last minute of extra time, Italy prevented Croatia from leaving the groups with a last-gasp goal.

Croatia did not even understand what they were facing at that moment, it was very strange because they were not expecting the referee to finish the match and they were focused on what the Italy team did. Modric missed a penalty in this match, but he made up for it with the goal he scored a few minutes later.

This match shows how Italy is really in bad shape, if they struggle so much to defeat a demoralized team that is almost out of the competition, I don`t dare to imagine stronger teams.
At least we qualified to play the competition, but we are not in good shape.

[rendravolt]

Last night, I prefered to watch the Spain-Albania match, but my attention was constantly drawn to the Italy-Croatia match on my second screen. Particularly in the final minutes of the game, I was fully engrossed in the Croatia-Italy match, as those moments were filled with excitement. Although the first half ended goalless, Croatia took the lead in the second half with a goal from Luka Modric. However, Italy managed to equalize the score with Mattia Zaccagni’s goal in extra time, securing their spot in the last 16 rounds. Notably, Luka Modric’s goal made him the oldest player to score in the history of the tournament. Unfortunately for Croatia, this result meant they bid farewell to EURO 2024.

When Italy managed to equalize in the final minute, all the cameras immediately focused on Luka Modric's face where he looked disappointed, sad and couldn't believe what was happening. The reason is that after he was withdrawn in the 80th minute everyone believed nothing bad would happen but fate said otherwise and this is part of football.

Some stayed and some went home, but Croatia's fate was unlucky even though they needed this win to qualify as group runners up. On the other hand, Italy unexpectedly managed to take advantage of the slack in the defensive line after carrying out a counter attack and Zaccagni immediately scored with a beautiful kick. It was also seen at the end of the match that Luka Modric was chosen as MOTM but it was clear on his face that he was not at all happy with this result.

[marii awan]

What a drama there was in the Croatia - Italy match. Thanks to the last minute of extra time, Italy prevented Croatia from leaving the groups with a last-gasp goal.

Croatia did not even understand what they were facing at that moment, it was very strange because they were not expecting the referee to finish the match and they were focused on what the Italy team did. Modric missed a penalty in this match, but he made up for it with the goal he scored a few minutes later.

A heartbreak for Modric and Croatian players because Italy equalized the game and qualified for the next stage of EURO 2024. This is what football is all about. What a game both teams played and the effort from both sides was amazing.